Interesting video on what we all know is going on with automobiles

[FireFlyFishing]

I have had many old Ford pickups from 1963 to 1979. They were very dependable. Too bad they usually got 5 MPG. I still wish I had one back.

There's a local guy here that installed a 12 valve Cummins in his. Gets great mileage apparently.

 

[comfisherman]

I have had many old Ford pickups from 1963 to 1979. They were very dependable. Too bad they usually got 5 MPG. I still wish I had one back.

Almost everything is better with a 12v. I've got a 12v that needs to be stuffed in an excursion... Just need a week or two open to do the project.

Had a friend with a 71 Ford that had a Perkins swap that was pretty cool.

 

[Victor3Ranger1]

Ok I am not a Ford truck guy but I am ALL in for this one! OMG! How cool is this!!

I'm not much of a ford fan either but holy smokes I would love to have that truck, that is awesome

 

[Victor3Ranger1]

There's a local guy here that installed a 12 valve Cummins in his. Gets great mileage apparently.

There is a fella here that found a square body Chevy 4x4 crew cab dually and put a 12 valve Cummins in.
My brother did the same thing with his 1983 M1009 blazer.
If I had the money I would have it done to my 1985 M1008 truck.

 

[Victor3Ranger1]

Almost everything is better with a 12v. I've got a 12v that needs to be stuffed in an excursion... Just need a week or two open to do the project.

Had a friend with a 71 Ford that had a Perkins swap that was pretty cool.

I want to do a Perkins swap in a jeep CJ or Sammy

 

[comfisherman]

Sammy's get funky with heavy weight up front. Friend had a sweet little isuzu swapped samurai and it liked swapping directions more than any vehicle I've ever driven. Vw swap seems to work as it's not a crazy weight difference, but these days the price of the swap is nuts.

 

[Victor3Ranger1]

Sammy's get funky with heavy weight up front. Friend had a sweet little isuzu swapped samurai and it liked swapping directions more than any vehicle I've ever driven. Vw swap seems to work as it's not a crazy weight difference, but these days the price of the swap is nuts.

Is the little 3 cylinder heavy??

 

[comfisherman]

Weight height and length. Pushed the weight up and forward. Ended up with a body lift and a funky front grille. It got good mileage and did alright on gravel and hard pack but as soon as it got muddy or snow it like to swap ends.

 

[Victor3Ranger1]

Weight height and length. Pushed the weight up and forward. Ended up with a body lift and a funky front grille. It got good mileage and did alright on gravel and hard pack but as soon as it got muddy or snow it like to swap ends.

Dang

 

[JiggyIi]

This video is a bit long, but worth the watch IMO. I recently needed a new daily driver and ended up buying a used 22 Tacoma Off Road with 37K miles. No way I was going to buy new. Here's why:

Here's a pic of my new ride!
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My new ride, 08 Dodge 2500 w 59K miles bought in Boise Idaho & road trip it home
Very good video ️thankyou

 

[JiggyIi]

Been watching those type of videos for 3 years and the market still hasn't dropped, collapsed or even shown a sign of heading down. There are certainly better deals than 21 or 22 but it's still well above admitted inflation.

Wife and I put off new rig purchases for a few years, then a couple more years because of the wuflu panic. I've just come to the conclusion that the last 4 years inflation been north of 40% as opposed to the admitted 28%. Friends bought the exact same spec same generation diesel truck as my folks bought weeks before covid. It was almost exactly 30k more on what had been a 44k truck, although 10 grand less than it had been advertised when it first hit the lot.

We were fortunate an elderly relative had a 14 year old truck close enough to what we were looking for that had been stored inside and used for two camping trips a year with a whopping 29k miles on it. Filled the gap for the wife but I'm still rolling under a truck almost as old as I am checking noises and oil leaks on a archaic old diesel as I'm not able to bring myself to buy a new one.

Issue to me more than the actual cost is the quality, it seemed to have peaked between 2000 and maybe 2010 for most vehicles. Wife runs in a relatively high earning wage cohort (various dr specialists) and as such that's who we hang out with. Almost all have upgraded a vehicle or two in the last couple years, all have also had some fairly abysmal issues with what had been reliable cars.

Mil was hit and totaled by an uninsured fence jumper, so they were out a low mileage 2019 Tacoma. Same spec was 14k more than the one the got in fall of 19, but they had the funds so it was just taken care of. Left them stranded at 4400 miles with an engine block failure that took ages to fix.

Friend bought a new Ford diesel to replace his decades old version of the same truck that was getting long in the tooth. I'd Hazzard a guess in 15k miles his near 20 year old truck with almost a quarter million miles would been more reliable than the new one. Could say similar tales of a new tundra, Ford bronco, and sadly even the new camry.

Modern gas engines are mostly turbo small displacement running to beat the band, and the diesels are hooked up to systems almost purpose driven to destroy itself. Think most of us would stomach the price and pony up for a new vehicle.... if we thought it would last a reasonable amount.

lol my daily driver is a 1989 Dodge D150, reliable reliable